Lansdale police have issued a photo of a man suspected of an attempted armed robbery of The Attic thrift store Thursday morning. (Submitted by Lansdale police)

LANSDALE — Police have released surveillance video of a man believed to have attempted an armed robbery of a Lansdale thrift shop Thursday morning, and have asked anyone with any information about the suspect or the incident to contact the police department.

The suspect — a white male, approximately 6 feet tall with a thin build, wearing a black hoodie and in his late teens or early twenties — can be seen in the video walking across Main Street and entering The Attic thrift store, located at 325 W. Main St., where he proceeded to attempt an armed robbery just after 11 a.m. Thursday.

The surveillance video appears to show the man putting on a blue-and-white bandana which witnesses said was covering his face, before he enters the store. Inside, police said, the suspect displayed a knife to a store employee and demanded money from a store employee.

The employee refused to give the man any money, and the suspect ran out of the rear door into the Madison Lot, then fled across nearby railroad tracks, police said.

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Anyone with any information about the suspect or the incident is asked to call Lansdale Police Department’s Detective Division at 215-368-1801.